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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-04
Solitude in Il Silent World.

From solitude to solitude is the orde.
in Alaska. The solitude of the forest
and the sea, of the mountain and ravine.
with these we had become more or less
familiar when our good ship headed for
the solitude of ice and snow. / began
to feel as if we were being dragged out
on the roof of the world-as if we were
swimming in the flooded caves of con-
tlnent, writes correspondent of the
san Francisco Chronicle from Alaska.
Sometimes there came over me a sense
of utter loneliness, of the distance that
lay between us and everybody else, and
of the helplessness of our case should
any serious accident befall us. 1t is
this very state, perhaps, that ages the
hearts of the hardest of the explorers
who seek vainly to unravel the polar
history.
From time to time as we sailed. the
sea, now brighter blue than ever. was
strewn with fragments of ice. Very
lovely they looked as they Rugged the
distant shore, ghostly and fantastical
procession, borne ever southwark by
the slow current, and growing more
ghostly and fantastical hour 10y hour as
they dwindled in the clear sunshine of
the long Summer days. Anon the ice
fragments increased in number and
dimensions. The whole watery expanse
was covered with brash and we were
obliged to pick our way with consider
able caution.
OFTEN we narrowly escaped grazing
small icebergs that might easily have
disabled us, had we come in collision
with them. AS IL was. many an ice
cake that looked harmless enough. be.
ing very low in the water. struck us
with a thud that was startling, OF
passed under our old-fashioned side.
wheels, splntering the paddles and
causing our hearts 10 leap within us.
A disabled wheel meant a tedious de-
lay in a latitude where the resources
are decidedly limited. Often we
thought Of the miserable millions away
down East summering In the sultry
Summer heat. while the thermometer
with us stood at Is degrees In the sun.
as the bracing salt air was impFegnated
with balsamic odors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-04

ing. He said it WAS a glorious mani
festation of the truth and power of
naturalization. An amiable female
spirit came to the reporter and taking
his hand led him to the entrance of the
cabinet, where she talked to him of
love and other things for some time.
The young man who managed the
seance turned down the light very low
and asked the circle to give some
singing. Somebody struck up "John
Browns Body" and as all the others
joined in and swelled the chorus, the
spirit gently drew the reporter inside
the curtains of the cabinet. Thus cut
off from view she lifted the veil that
had covered her face and with bare lips
kissed him rapturously. 1t was
unique and novel experience. The
lights were very low, the circle outside
roared John Browns Body" in a
sledge hammer forte, while the spirit
kissed the scribe in the cabinet. Other
spirits more or less materlalized ap-
peared later and amused the circle"
for several hours.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-04
TECuMsEH's PREDICTION.
The Indian Chieftain's Lucky Guess and
Its Results.

The Indian Chieftain's Lucky Guess and
Its Results.
Connected with the great earthquake
period of 1911-12, occurred one OF
the romances of American history.
1t was the lucky prediction OF the great
earthquake that made the fame of
Tecumseh, the celebrated Indian
False Prophet" and led to the uprising
of the Creek Nation and the bloody
Indian war that followed.
Tecumseh was a Shawnee warrior,
and first appeared among the Seminoles
in Florida and the Creeks in Alabama
and Georgia as early as 1910, endeavor-
ing to form them into confederacy,
whose aim it was to rise up against the
whites in the Northeast and eXtermi-
nate them. He failed, and on the
breaking out of the war with England,
in 1912. entered the service OF the Brit
ish and again set out to stir up sedltlon
among the Southern Indians. He had
been told by the English when comet
WOULD appear, and he told his excited
Indian hearers that at certain time
they would see his arm stretched out
over the sky, on fire, and that he was
going to Detroit to prepare them for
their rising against the Americans.
When the proper time came he would
strike ground with his foot so hard
that he would shake down the houses
in their head city.
He left the Creeks, and at the time
when he promised to smite the ground,
strange to say, came the great earth
quake. All the territory bordering on
the gulf was agitated. The ground Of
Alabama trembled like al aspen, while
from the earth came terrifying rumbles
and groans. The town of Toocka-
batcha, the capital of the Greeks, was
shaken to ruins, and as the earth
heaved and shook the frightened
Indians ran from their dwellings cry
ing: "Tecumseh is at Detroit! Tecum-
sch is at Detroit! We feel the stamp
of his foot" At the same time the
comet appeared in the heavens. This
was too much for the superstitious
Greeks. They rose to man, and after
| two years of sanguinary fighting they
were defeated and ruined nation.
Tecumsell was killed at the battle on
the Thames in Canada October 5, 1879
by American troops under the COM
mand of Col. Richard M. johnson of
Kentucky. Tecumseh, who was serv-
ing in the English ranks, commanding
band Of Indians, was carried Off the
field by followers and buried, no one
| knows where.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-04
A Sect of Murderers.

A horrible religious sect has been
established in Russia. The chief doc
trine held is that it is a sin to let men
suffer bodily pain, on which account
sick people belonging to the organiza-
ton are strangled. The existence of
the sect was betrayed by young
peasant of the government of Saratof.
whose sick wife had been kidnapped
from his dwelling during his absence,
and would have been put to a violent
death but for his timely interposition.
Both the mother and the aunt of the
sick woman belonged to this sect. and
it was they who had intended putting
her to the "red DEATH" as this sort of
killing is called. Returning home one
day, the young husband found that his
wife had been removed to the house of
his mother in an adjacent village. He
hurried to the place and found his wife
still alive, but washed, wrapped in
white linen, and laid upon bier. The
sick woman had no idea of the purpose
lOl hlllCll SIc IlStt Ue6ll So ldlu out, ana
the husband, being suspicious, deter
mined to watch the development of
events. He consoled his wife. and then,
hiding himself behind a wide stove,
waited the arrival of his relatives. In
time he heard some one enter the room
and turn the lock behind him. Look
ing out from his hiding-place he saw
that it was a man dressed in blood-red
clothes bearing a large pillow in his
hands. A minute later he heard a
stuffed groan come from the bier. To
rush from his place and fell the would
be murderer to the ground was the
work OF moment but the man in red
seized his chance and escaped. A few
days later no fewer than forty-two
members of the sect were arrested by
the police.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-04

Two persons who have chosen each
other out of all the species, with design
to be each others mutual comfort and
entertainment, have in that action
bound themselves to be goOd-humored,
affable. discreet, forgiving patient and
Joyful with respect to each others frail-
ties and imperfections to the end of
their lives.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-03-18
9EnlGREEs OF THESE HORSES
w A r r AN r e q .

TERMS OF SALE: One-fourth
cash, one-half of balance In Fall Of 1885
other half. Fall Of 1887. Intending
buyers will do we'll to compare our
prices with Eastern dealers. Our
EASTERN firm having o man in France
to buy, and one in Illinois to buy
Grades, we defy competition.
We will nuke another shipment Of
this favorite breed of Horses in the
Spring, and will take orders for grades
by cropping with thoroughhreds and
trotters, or any kind of q crop Of French
horse, as we'll as full bloods.
Also dealers in Pollsd Angua and Gal
loway cattle,
Correspondence solicited.
M, H, HARDY & co.
.. ..... Successor to Illinois
-. <l.. o.. Norman Horse Co. q
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-25
FOB OUR YOUNG FOLKS
BEDTIME.

sCome, Nelly dear, it's time to get undrest;
Each little bird IL sleeping in its nest"
sYes, but wait tin tell you how they 60;
Because watched them, and I'm sure know"
ITO get undrest; spose they Just take on their
wings,
And then the mother-bird stays there and sings,
and sings:
She wouldn't leave them al alone, out In the
To be frightened, IKE I am, when the big dog
barks.
my mamma says: Kiss me, dear, and say your
prayers,
Companys coming, and must 60 down stairs.
And Sunday she says: Good night, my little
Mamma can't stay now, for hear the church
bell
s'she wouldn't 90 to parties, that mother-bird,
Nor to church either, even II she heard
The bell; she don't care for any Of those things
So she just stays there and sings, and sings, and
sings.
'sIf could lay my head right on my mammals
breast,
Like baby-birds, all close together in their nest
And mamma stay beside me, and let me hea'
her sing,
I'd 60 right straight to bed Is good ~ any thing.
V6yinia Ddrs, IN Good Housekeeping
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-25

The Pekin courts lately sentenced
young man to the lingering death of q
thousand slices who had murdered his
brother by blood. but his cousin by
adoption. for unnatural cruelty. The
brother had usurped his place in the
house of his adopted mother, and finally,
when the victim was driven out, he sold
his wife and child and gave to his
adopted mother $26 out Of the go which
he realized from this sale. To Chinese
eyes this was praiseworthy transac-
ton. The wicked brother seized upon
this money given to the old mother. and
when the other returned after few
days and learned of this browning in
jury he promptly killed his brother and
his brotner's wife and child The court,
in passing sentence, was chiefly per-
picked As to whether he murdered his
brother or his cousin. The judge
showed no leniency toward him, and
the moral to be drawn from the case il
that the way Of the poor in China i
hard. II he had had money he could
have secured relief; without it, he wa
driven to take justice into his own hands
which resulted in his shameful DEATH
San Francisco CbronicIs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-25
PUNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

III you want tcw git at the cir
conference of a man examine him
among folks; but if you want tew git
at his aktual diameter measure him at
his fireside. Boston Commercial Bnllc-
tin.
An Irishman who had on very
Jagged coat was asked of what stuff it
was made. "Bedad, / don't know"
said he; "but 1 think the most of it is
made of fresh air. ''-Boston Budget.
-Pedagogue-"Whatis shepherd7'
The class do not respond. P.-'Sup-
pose you are all lambs-that is. little
sheep-what am IP" Tommie-''The
biggest sheep" boston Beacon.
Friend Ito Robinson)-"rve just
heard that Mrs. Robinson met with
runaway accident this morning, but
didn't learn the particulars. Anybody
injured?" Robinson (cheerfully)--"N
body but the fellow who ran away with
her. "--New York Sun.
IL tell you, Fanny, / am bound to
succeed. / have the aptitude. 1t is
close attention to small things which
makes a man succeed" ''Ah, indeed!
Well. that explains it." Explains
what, FannyP" "Why you pay SO very
close attention to your mustaehe.
1t seems that lawyer is something
of carpenter. He can file bill. split
a hair. chop logic, dovetail an argu-
| ,~onx< ,rola an apxv-v fof mn n case
frame an indictment, empanel jury,
put them in box, nail witness, ham,
mer Judge, bore court, chisel a
client and other like things.
"A scientist is responsible for the
statement that hair around the mouth
impails the mental faculties. He says
all great orators, statesmen, ministers
and lawyers wear a smooth face. These
discoveries were probably made after
the scientist had used up half a lifetime
in unsuccessful attempts to raise mus
tache.-Ufica Observer.
| Turning the Tables
An, husband, do not scold your wife
And make her poor heart ache
Because she can't build pies like thoee
Your mother used TO bake.
l That Is unless you're quite prepared
To see the whole thing through,
II And buy the sealskin sacques just ~
II Her father used to do.
Merchant Traveller.
My DEAR" said a K street fathe
to his daughter. ''who is the gentleman
who has been SO attentive to you o
lateP'' 20. papa. he is such mic
gentleman. and he gets 5000 year,
s.Great Scott. child, he must be Cab
net Ministerl'' 20, no. he isn't. paps
| he IL the pitcher In baseball nine. -
WdahinatQ. Ppst,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-25

before thew were almost struck dumb
bv seeing the shin rise OF, one of those
mountains of water and come down
with q crash upon one of the rocks, and
there Law helpless wreck. To an
proach nearer than one hundred feet
from the shin would be madness, and
40 Jack had to invent some other mode
Of rescuinr the poor wretches who were
clino;no to the masts. calling ON Gcd
for mercy. Pulling the boat with re-
doubled effort. he brought it as close TO
the shin AZ was prudent, and then set
about examining his ropes. BY tying
hoth tocether he would have enough to
reach the shin allowing some to tie at
both ends: then he raised his strong.
manly voice 81 a loud .HelIo!' and
succceded IN making himself heard ON
board: and after much labor he also
succeeded in throwing them one end of
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-25
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


There are 10000 women in Cincin-
natl who earn their living.
Scientists state that water once
contaminated by sewage never becomes
purified by natural means.
1t has been discovered in France
that the fatty matter of wool may be
transformed into q substance, which
has been named "ceroid," having the
consistency and several properties OF
wax.-Boston Budget.
-Spectroscopic observations give a
different composition for variable stars
at different periods, thus indicating
that the variability results from the
combustion Of different substances.
Flour barrels made from paper
pulp have been tested and approved by
the chief inspector of the New York
produce exchange. They are light,
tight, seamless and strong, and the
pulp can be made from common marsh
weeds and grasses.-Chicago Tribune.
The Japanese, says LIE Genie Ciuste'
have invented process of making
paper with marine algae. This paper
is very strong and so transparent that
it can be used in the place OF glass. 1t
takes colors well and much resembles
the ancient stained glass.
Boston Is not one of the great loco
motive building centers of the country,
but nevertheless single establishment
| in this city has orders for forty-six iron
horses, which will soon be snorting
| across Western prairies or through
Northern forests.-Boston Transcript.
According to Prof. Dufour, one Of
the proofs--a new one-of the roundness
| of the earth consists in the reformation
of images produced on large surfaces o
calm water. This may often be wit
messed on the Lake of Geneva, and In
the case of ships some miles distant a
sea.-N Y Examiner.
The dam to be built at Quaker
Bridge to supply New York with wate1
will be the greatest reservoir in thu
world, as it is to hold 10000. 600, OO'
gallons. 1t will furnish 100 gallons o
water daily to each person in city o
over s, 1000, 900 inhabitants, and will pu
back the project of drawing water from
Lake Champlain and the Adirondack
region for the next forty or fifty years
The dam itself will probably cost $40,
OOO, OOO.-N. o. Tynes-D Democrat.
-Sohneke states that the electricit,,
which is discharged during a thunder
storm is produced by the friction o
water and ice. that is, that the ice
electrified by friction Of water. Jus
before q thunderstorm water-cloud
(cumulD and ice-clouds (cirri. GIRO
rati) appear simultaneously in the sky
The friction of these particles Of ic
and water is sufficient cause OF tn
electricity which is generated.-N ]
Independent.
II the condensed breath collecte
on the cool window-panes of rool
where number of persons have bee
assembled be burned, smell OF SINCE
hair will show the presence of organi
matter; and, if the condensed breat
,, be allowed to remain on the window
for few days, it will be found ON e.
animation by microscope, that it
alive with animalcule. It is the IL
, halation of air containing such putre
cent matter which causes half the sic
headaches which might be avoided by
circulation of fresh air.-Philadelph'
Bulletin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-25

--Entomologists say that certain ants
not only build boats, but launch them,
too. after which they go a-sailing with
their sisters and their cousins and
their aunts. - Omaha World.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-25

The shoemaker who breathcd hia
last performed an astonishing feat says
~ teotksr 5raash
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-25
ELEVATOR MEN.
An Occupation Tending to Silence
and Moroeenees.

The Ruse Of Needy Young Lswyer-A
Barber Cures Himself Of the Habit
Of Talking Too Much to Gus
tomorSs
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-25

Flegs trying to shape their course to the
right, and the balance as persistently
working for larboard course. boston
Transcript.
The other day, at Buffalo, N. T.,
while . steam boiler was being severely
tested, . terrific explosion occurred.
and the boiler was hurled several hum
dred feet into the air. In coming down
| it struck the side of brick building
and tore huge hole in it What was
very singular was that the boiler was
not broken or shattered, but went up
and came down whole, and nobody was
injured by the explosion.-N 7. Ledger.
What is the origin of the name
"Rocky Mountainsp" I find it in the
narrative Of Pierre Gaultier de Warren
ness, sieur de la Verandrye, whose
three sons, the LIST january, 174S, first
sighted the magnificent range. They
called it s.Montagnes de Pierres Brill
antes," from the sparkling Of the sum-
Imits in the sunshine. Then came the
more prosaic name, '.Montagnes Ro.
cheuses'' or Rocky Mountains" and
our still more prosaic, Rockies. -
Montreal Gazette.
The Louisville Jockey club has com
pleted arrangements whereby in the
| spring of 1889 there win be run at thu
course race of mile and quarter fol
stake Of go, 900. called the West Ken
lucky stake, perhaps the richest evel
run in America The summary b y
follows: Fifty thousand dollars TO-
yearlings, two and three-year-olds OF
January /, 1886; $4,000 to the winner
1900 to second, and q, 500 to the third
The nominator of the winner 70 receiv
q, 900; the nominator Of the second =
receive $1,000. and nominator Of tn
third horse to receive $500. BY subscrip
ton of fifty dollars each; 500 entries =
gil or the race to be declared void Z
the option Of TIE eluh--& Ipxse h
|pWblicsah
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-09-23
Ana Accident.

An accident occurred at diego, q
station between Toano and Wells, this
morning by q train running into the
rear of the first section of the overland
train disabling one sleeper and dama3-
ing the platform of another. The train
arrived here three hours late.
Evidently the Railroad Company j.
endeavoring to do the greatest amour:
of business with the least possible e.
pense, hence there is great dunger Of
accidents, and it is fortunate that no
ono was injued in the collision This
morning. If the present nrrangemen,
of running trains is adhered to (: light.
fol accident with great loss OF life will
possibly be the result.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-09-23

That she wishes, like Eve, she had
.nothi0& b wear. - I
Though TO quote from the poet; cas-
this 4. Q true ditty, 80,
oo9 q h mean 70 n asset; (thi' you know
That she'd go in . state Of absolute
Du0ity, ~. So -.
Like Powers Greek Slave, or the Medi-
cal Venus"
But she'll wish, out of spite, that
woman's full rig:
Her entire wardrobe were the leaf Of the
ag.
While if the poor man to whom she is
welded,
Cbaucedt to echo the wish, he'd soon
be bald-headed. ~.
To hint such thing would prove GER
tain woe. for him,
For nothing's more sure, she straight
way would ego for him."
Now all these things show that in mat
ters of dress, .-'
AS ladies themselves will freely confess,
There isgreat tribulation, and grievous
distress.
With men we know that this is not
thus,
They avoid all such bother, and worry,
and fuss;
Allowing NO troubles like these to beset
them, '.
For when they want clothes they just
go and get them. t.
The usual plan is to head for some
store, Ear .:.
Where things have been got on claw
bone" before.
He picks out suit, and tells them to
'charge it,"
The account being good the store will
enlarge it.
Storekeepers never think charging a
trouble,
In fact they think nothing Of charging
quite double.
Thus the things done; he dons his
new raiment, ...
And forgets all about it, till dun:d for
the payment.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-09-23
Vanity and voxation.
CFor The IHDEPEHoENr.1

Foe The IRDEPENDENr.1
Ladies', we're told, in matters of dress,
Are frequently found in such dire dis.
tress, .''.. :.
As to say, that, with one thing and
another, 5
All matters of dress are nothing but
bother" !.
First there the trouble of getting the
money :, 3
From chubby. who pro bono is
"dearie, and "honey:" .
For in gaining this point all things are
in order,
From genuine gush, to the pursst soft
sawder. 10.
Then tSere's the bother Of choosing and
buying, ''..s
In fitting time followed by ordeals more
trying;
And certain it IL, no words can express.
The trying ordeal Of fitting d dress.
"roo high in the leok;" "too full in
: . tue skirt
$50 long that IL surely will pick up the
z Dirt l.t -
White the ,"gores," and the 'tgussetts -
are seldom quite right, ~. f
This "sags," and that "bags, and "ths
whole things q fright"
One thing ls certain; tile waists neyer
eight enough" 't"
Though the husband IL asked, will soy:
"ihS thing g right enough"
And when his wife moves, with q good
deal OF rustic,
Displaying some grace, and very much
hustle, ,.i !.
Tde husband Inclined .r
TO speak out bis mind,
Says he "never before saw % much be.
hind" II
Whioh brings the retort in sharp tones
Of passion: rrut
"Sir. the 'sO much behind Is the front
Of the fashion,
And It's t'odds on" she'll ct
s.a4 In deuce Of q pet, zoos. ,,s
And resent the insult Of her priced crin-
olstts: ..ast
Or else In despair,
AMI ia tears, she'll declare,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-09-23
a Child k,IIed by u IraIn OF
Cars.

A shocking accident occurred at Poca-
tello, Idaho, on Tuesday of last week
which should be waroing to parents
who permit ohi'Gien to run at I:Tae.
The little eight.year old daughter .o:
Mr.. Thomas, q mechanic employed In
the railway machine shops at that piece,
was run over and killed by the csis
She was attempting. When the accdeDt
happened, to crawl under freight traio
standing on the side track. Tn re We re
about thirty loaded cars in tbe tam
and while the little one was underneath
they started up. She Was dng;sd
about thirty feet and mangled in hor-
rible manner.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-09-23
Mothers, Head.

The proprietors of SANTA Able
have authorized F. F. Muller 10 refund
your money If, after giving this Califor.
mia King of Cough Cures fair trial as
directed. it fails to give satisfaction for
the cure OF Coughs, Group, whooping
Cough and all Throat and Lung troub-
les. When tho disease affects the head
and assumes the form Of Catarrh, moth
ing is 30 effective as CALIFORNIA
CAT-R-CURE. These preparations
are without equals ne household REM
edies. Sold at 81 90 package. Three
for % 80. .'--'.~